Business coaching is an approach aiming at developing individuals, improving their skills, providing directions to enhance performance and opening up opportunities to new solutions. For the last 20 years, multinationals like IBM or Hewlett Packard have included coaching skills in their management development programs, while others like British Airways or Starbucks...

The Standard Webster English Dictionary lists more than 60 synonyms under the word conflict! It can take many forms and is the manifestation of tensions, oppositions, eventually clashes between individuals supporting differing viewpoints. It covers a large variety of situations where emotions are violently stirred and both parties feel threatened and...

After a swift and efficient transition to remote work, the arrival of vaccines and treatments is raising hope for an end of the crisis.  It is time to look ahead to the new work environment we are going to return to and its challenges in terms of people management.  The lockdown...

Has working from home been  a  success only because it is temporary?  What is the right future of  work ? And how does it translate  for the workplace?  The  Covid-19 crisis  has forced us to adopt new ways of working. We have proven that we can perform well while  being apart . Workplaces are unlikely to ever...

You were already used to the meeting marathon. With the Covid19 situation, you have now fully entered the era of video-calls. However, this new way is emotionally draining. It comes from a combination of factors that require more mental process than face to face interactions. We have selected here few tips to...

Joy, anger, frustration, fear, anxiety emotions are natural phenomenon part of any human being, as such we all have emotions of our own. Society in general and the business world in particular are not fond of emotional demonstrations. Since childhood, we have learned, through our education and our culture, not to...

Let me compare the coaching SMART objectives with a sport challenge. 3 months ago a client decided to enhance his sport ability thereby complementing his professional objectives. In June he signed up for a 10 km race. His "big picture" was this race. He wanted to be ready. What was important for...